Watch-chain holder and badge



( I IoModeL) I I J. PEARSON 811V. SPERLE;

WATCH UHAIN HO'LDER AND BADGE.

No. 486,419. Patented Now 15,1892.

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JAMES B. PEARSON, OF PITTSBURG, AND VALENTINE SPERLE, OF ALLEGHENY,

ASSIGNORS OF ONE-THIRD TO DIETHELM BLIOKENSTORFER, OF PITTS- BURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

WATCH-CHAIN HOLDER AND BADGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 486,419, dated November 15, 1892.

Application filed July 28, 1892- Serial No.441,509- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: these ribs 1 1 extends across the entire plate Be it known that we, JAMES B. PEARsN,of 13 and the other 17 butashort distance, which Pittsburg, and VALENTINE SPERLE, of Alleserves as a stop or check to the said bar gheny, county of Allegheny, State of Penn- This plate 13 is formed with another short 55 5 sylvania, citizens of the United States,haveinrib 10, arranged at an angle with those bevented certain new and useful Improvements fore described for the purpose of forming a in a Combined WVatoh-Ghain Holder and catch to engage with a hook 15, formed on Badge; and we do hereby declare the followone end of the bar 3. Attached to the plate ing to be a full, clear, and exact description 13 in a suitable manner are three sharpenedoo of the invention, such as will enable others pins 11, which extend rearwardly and are skilled in the art to which it pertains to make adapted to pass through the clothing and be and use the same, reference being had to the bent about a ring 21, and thereby provide a accompanying drawings, which form a part means for attaching the said plate 13 to agarof this specification. ment. Pivoted to the plate 13 is a movable 15 Our invention relates to an improved delever 18, one end of which extends through vice for holding watch-chains to the vest or an opening 7, formed in the surrounding casclothing and at the same time answer the puring 2, and the other or lower end used as a pose of a badge to represent signs of various means of disengaging the hook 15 from its secret societies and such like purposes; and catch 10. This lever 18 is also provided with 20 it consists in a button, a means for attaching a notch 22, located near its upper end, which the same to the clothing, andadevice whereby engages with the hook 16, formed at the upthe bar or hook of a watch-chain may be conper extremity of the bar3. This bar consists nected thereto, together with certain details of a piece of spring-wire, having a loop 3, a of construction and combination of parts, as long straight portion having a hooked ex- 2 5 will be fully described hereinafter. tremity 16, and a shorter portion, also pro- In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is vided with a hook 15, and the said bar opera face view of our improved combined watchating partly within the casing 12, as will be chain holder and badge, showing the same atseen by reference to Figs. 4 and 6. The surtached in position to a portion of clothing and rounding casing 12 consists of a plate having 30 having the bar end of a watch-chain conan inwardly-projecting flange adapted to be nected thereto, together with the figures of a clamped about the plate 13 and provided with compass and square, representing a Masonic an oblong opening 7, through which the end badge. Fig. 2 is a rear view of the fastening 20 of the lever projects, and two openings 8 9 device. Fig. 3 is a face view of the device at the base, through which the bar3 operates. 35 open to receive or release the watch-chain. In operation the loop 3 of the bar engages Fig. 4 is an exaggerated face view of the dewith the bard of a watch-chain 5, and may be vice having the front plate removed to show opened, as shown at Figs. 3 and 6, by moving the inner working parts and showing the dethe end 20 of the lever 18 to the right. This vice locked to hold the chain. Fig. 5 is a secmovement of the lever 18 forces the hook 16 o tional plan View of the same. Fig. 6 is a face away from its catch 10, and the tension thus view having the front plate removed and placed on the loop 3 will cause the same to showing the altered position of the parts, the spring out until stopped by the hook 16 coming said parts being in a position to receive or rein contact with the upper end of the short rib lease the chain. Fig. 7 is an inverted plan 17.- The bar 4 or chainois now placed within 5 45 View of the casing. Fig. 8 is a plan view of the loop 3 and the same forced upward until the same. the hook 15 has again engaged with its catch To put our invention into practice, wepro- 10. It will be noticed that the hook 16 also vide a casing equal in size to a small badge, engages with a notch 22, formed near the upconsisting of an annular plate 13, provided per extremity of the lever 18, which serves as 50 with outwardly-extending ribs 14 17, which a means of preventing the loop 3 from being serve as guides to a looped bar 3. One of withdrawn without operating the lever 18, as

the said lever is inclined slightly toward the hook 16. Any pressure brought against the loop serves to enter the said hook more firmly into the notch 22.

The face of the device may be engraved with emblems or signs denoting various societies or may be engraved with the name or monogram of the owner, or the same may he simply carved, stamped, or plain and will be found useful for holding watch-chains, eyeglasses, the.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A combined Watch chain holder and badge consisting of a casing constructed as described, means for attaching the same to the clothing, a bar having a loop projecting from said casing, hooks formed on the ends of said bars, catches within the casing to engage with the said hooks, and means for releasing said hooks to permit the bar to move partly out of the casing, as and for the purpose described.

2. A watch-chain holder consisting of the plate 13, the inner ribs 14 17, attached to or integral therewith, the pins 11 and ring 21 to attach the same to the clothing, the flanged casing 12, having openings through its edges or sides, the loop 3, formed of spring-wire and provided with hooked extremities 15 16, the catch 10 to engage with one of said hooks, the

- lever 18, pivoted to the plate 13 and having a portion 20 projecting beyond said casing, and the notch 22, formed near the top of said lever 18 to engage with the hook 16, all arranged and combined for service substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

JAMES B. PEARSON. VALENTINE SPERLE. Witnesses:

JOHN C. THOMPSON, J. A. HERRON. 

